Episode 680: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Nick Bilton ( https://x.com/nickbilton ), investigative journalist and author of American Kingpin and Hatching Twitter . — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (7:03) Inside a criminal mind (12:57) Getting people to open up (20:49) The real story behind Twitter (29:40) The auras of Trump, Bezos, Musk (33:13) Becoming a journalist (37:24) Steve Jobs' reality distortion field (43:16) Who has it all in Silicon V...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Episode 679: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Robert Oliver ( https://x.com/thegeniusceo ) to break down his $100M TikTok strategy. — Show Notes: (0:00) TikTok Gold Rush (13:00) The Playbook (23:00) Brands crushing it (36:00) Trends: Lookmaxing, pet luxuries, niche communities (51:30) Mistakes to avoid (1:03:00) Character design — Links: • Rob The Bank on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@robthebankmotion • Rob The Bank on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thegeniusceo • KaloD...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 25 min
Episode 678: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Siqi Chen ( https://x.com/blader ), the founder of Runway.com. — Show Notes: (0:00) Early days at Zynga (14:34) Business ideas (52:18) Touchy-feely class (1:07:24) Siqi’s favorite interview question (1:12:48) Insane growth of ElevenLabs — Links: • Limitless - https://www.limitless.ai/ • Rewind - https://www.rewind.ai/ • Runway - https://runway.com/ • Hoffman Institute - https://www.hoffmaninstitut...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 20 min
Episode 677: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) go inside what’s happening with DOGE. — Show Notes: (0:00) The wild story of Iron Mountain (17:39) Our take on DOGE (28:20) Government contract side quest (33:14) Elon vs Sam Altman PPV (39:16) How does Elon never get tired tho? (48:23) Life in situ (58:09) Casting call: $100K to the new MFM field correspondent — Links: • “The Many Lives of Iron Mountain” - https://tinyurl.com/t4drtpdb • “How the Economic...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Access Shaan's interview prep and research notes: Episode 676: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with MrBeast ( https://x.com/MrBeast ) to talk about the mindset that made him the youngest billionaire and biggest entertainer on earth. — Show Notes: (0:00) Origin story (5:11) Burn the boats (11:15) The Rule of 100 (16:49) You can make anything go viral (23:27) Cloning (28:39) Impossible is possible (36:53) Consultants are a cheat code (41:25) Block out the noise (43:00) Reinvest ever...
Feb 13, 2025•59 min
Episode 675: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the three stories of founders with insanely high agency. — Show Notes: (0:00) Boom Supersonic (30:50) Nick Mowbray, #1 most impressive founder (43:43) The Moped King — Links: • Boom Supersonic - https://boomsupersonic.com/ • ZURU - http://zurutoys.com/ • Fly E-Bike - https://www.flyebike.com/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com • Visit https://www.somewhere.c...
Feb 11, 2025•55 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: Episode 674: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the most successful sports better of all time, Haralabos Voulgaris ( https://x.com/haralabob ). — Show Notes: (0:00) Stumbling into gambling (6:19) Finding your edge (19:23) Alpha (27:28) Casinos are for losers (30:02) Betting 160% on Bitcoin (35:36) Getting paid (37:31) Buying a soccer team (46:11) Investing every dollar into Bitcoin (49:27) Analogue things...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Episode 673: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Nick Mowbray ( https://x.com/NMowbray23 ), the founder of the most profitable toy company in the world. — Show Notes: (0:00) Selling DIY hot air balloons door-to-door (5:57) First product (21:32) $30M David Beckham Tamagotchi fail (30:18) Nightball (36:18) Robofish (41:43) Diapers (48:44) Shampoo, pet food, confectionary, supplements, home products (1:00:07) Zurutech - a self-funded moonshot (1:03:28) Serial entrepreneur flywheel — Links...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: Episode 672: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Matt Mullenweg ( https://x.com/photomatt ), the founder of WordPress and Automattic. — Show Notes: (0:00) Turning down $200M at 24 (6:04) WordPress's 1000 days of irrelevance (9:24) Turning a small South African company into $3B (13:40) The battle of giants - WooCommerce vs Shopify (18:37) Matt's Villain Arc (30:07) Auditions > Interviews (36:04) Putting ...
Jan 31, 2025•45 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: Episode 671: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) recap a weekend spent with billionaires in Greenville, NC. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (4:49) Fish Where The Fish Swim, Not Where The Fishermen Stand (12:45) Man Does Not Sell Chocolate, He Becomes It (18:48) Non-Obnoxious Confidence Beats IQ (22:53) I Am (24:51) Take Your Billions and Shove It (30:20) Hardwork.....maybe? (32:41) Health is the New Status Symbol (37:3...
Jan 29, 2025•46 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: Episode 670: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Andrew Wilkinson ( https://x.com/awilkinson ) about the AI tools that are replacing new hires. — Show Notes: (0:00) AI to kill admin work (7:37) the K-shaped future (16:29) 24/7 agents in your business (25:46) Software is the new commodity (38:40) Andrew's AI hedge investments (50:56) Buy, sell, or hold — Links: Lindy - https://www.lindy.ai/ Howie - https://...
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: Episode 669: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) do a deep dive on the 7 strangers that made the greatest investment of all time. — Show Notes: (0:00) Andy Bechtolsheim (7:10) David Cheriton (10:10) Ron Conway (29:20) Alfred Lin (35:00) Shaquille O'Neill (37:20) Susan Wojcicki (38:50) Pejman Nozad (46:20) Jeff Bezos — Links: • SV Angel - https://svangel.com/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - http...
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: Episode 668: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the story behind Muscle Milk, Scott Galloway's bet against FTX, and how Bill Ackman spent $460M in 4 hours. — Show Notes: (0:00) The untold Muscle Milk story (16:41) Timelines of your heroes (19:43) Having a social agenda (22:29) Shaan pitches Sam a business (38:58) Scott Galloway buys FTX claims (47:17) The value of having a too hard pile (55:18) Bill Ac...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: Episode 667: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sheel Mohnot ( https://x.com/pitdesi ) about the biggest opportunities he sees right now. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:33) iPod mini hustle (10:40) Being a dot collector (20:30) The $100M story of Thistle (24:30) IDEA: Affinity-based retirement home (34:30) IDEA: Yelp for professional services (38:48) IDEA: Pearly whites (42:10) IDEA: Outsourced pizza (44:4...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: Watch this episode here - https://youtu.be/qkcFcwb6mk0 Episode 666: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breaks down his 5 step process for making $1,000,000 quickly. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:32) Slay the salary monster (13:26) Play the game 10 times (20:05) How to win even when you lose (25:26) Proximity is power (26:33) Impatient with action, patient with results — Links: • Sarah Moore episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF6zvTXimxY — Check Ou...
Jan 08, 2025•39 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: Episode 665: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Ramit Sethi ( https://x.com/ramit ) about money rules for couples in their 30s and 40s. — Show Notes: (0:00) 5 rules for money in your relationship (5:25) the 4 money types: avoider, optimizer, worriers, dreamers (10:15) The Annual Review (23:00) Monthly money meetings (26:00) There is no "money person" (31:09) 4 benchmarks for high-earning couples (35:03) Learning to spend (41:01) Investments vs ...
Jan 06, 2025•59 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: Episode 664: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about investing wisdom from Nassim Taleb and how to use ChatGPT as a life coach. — Show Notes: (0:00) No small boy stuff (2:30) Squid Game for investors (13:00) Noise v. signal (20:36) Sam uses ChatGPT to plan his life (31:50) Shaan explains how LLMs work (39:50) How to write better prompts (52:56) How to build a billion dollar company (55:51) 13 Questions that...
Jan 03, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 663: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the best and worst of the year. — Show Notes: (0:00) Best Investment of The Year (7:51) Worst Investments of The Year (14:39) Biggest Personal L (20:26) Coolest Moment (24:50) Life Hack of the Year (30:55) Billy of the year (37:31) Frame Breaking Person (48:53) Favorite guest (57:30) Best Product (1:01:24) Biggest cha...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 662: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Justin Mares ( https://x.com/jwmares ) about the biggest trends and opportunities in health and wellness. — Show Notes: (0:00) The poisoning of America (7:17) IDEA: Home Health Services (25:26) IDEA: Modern butcher shop (38:58) IDEA: Calibrate for fertility (45:34) Choose one problem for your career (48:50) Building a 9-...
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 661: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the NY Christmas Tree mafia, 2 health startups with crazy traction, plus their predictions for big trends in 2025. — Show Notes: (0:00) Christmas Tree Mafia (6:45) Neko Health (11:57) Superpower (21:43) Shaan's 4x/wk training program (25:33) Prediction: Whole Foods is going down (27:40) Prediction: Natural fibers, loc...
Dec 20, 2024•35 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 660: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about founders who have rage as an unfair advantage, Bill Ackman’s takedown of Harvard, and a ruthless PE rollup. — Show Notes: (0:00) Revenge businesses and other green flags (5:55) Chips on shoulders = chips in pockets (19:38) Bhutan's Gross National Happiness (34:48) Ruthless PE rollup: International schools (43:58) IDEA...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 659: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jesse Itzler ( https://x.com/JesseItzler ) about how to live an epic life. — Show Notes: (0:00) Come into the new year light (7:56) Hand written letters (14:03) Identify your B minuses (20:15) Pick your Misogi (27:28) 6 mini adventures (37:38) Add a winning habit (39:55) Write it down (49:50) Don't f*cking waste 2025 — L...
Dec 16, 2024•58 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 658: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Replit founder Amjad Masad ( https://x.com/amasad ) about the massive opportunities with AI Agents. — Show Notes: (0:00) Replit origin story (9:27) Replit's 10-year overnight success (12:27) Rejected 4x by YC (17:28) Personal essays from Paul Graham (20:17) "i hacked into my university to change my grades" (25:55) Rickro...
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 657: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the $10M ARR dinner club app, the history of Black Friday, and ChatGPT prompts that work like cheat codes. — Show Notes: (0:00) $10M ARR dinner club (26:19) The science of Black Friday and Cyber Monday (32:47) Reverse Black Friday positions (36:21) 7-day MFM Money Fast (40:57) Simple ChatGPT prompt hacks that work (45...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 656: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell 3 stories of people who took insane risks that paid off. — Show Notes: (0:00) Bitcoin millionaire hides $2M in treasures across US (11:27) Building the Ralph Lauren fantasy (23:58) Michael Saylor's infinite money glitch — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, d...
Dec 05, 2024•55 min
Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 655: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Dharmesh Shah ( https://x.com/dharmesh ) about how to increase the odds of hitting your first million and your next million. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:33) Lesson 1: Get leverage (9:26) Lesson 2: Be an asset, not a liability (13:40) Lesson 3: Get even closer to the value creation (19:42) Mini Masterclass on Power Nego...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Episode 653: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Furqan Rydhan ( https://x.com/FurqanR ) about the biggest opportunities in AI right now. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (4:42) Define the Job-to-be-done (8:20) How to build an AI Agent workflow (11:16) AI Tools break down (27:05) How Polymarket won (31:48) Why VR is a sleeping giant? (44:43) Be a lifelong player in tech (58:52) The unbeatable combination (1:02:27) Adam Foroughi’s A+ execution (1:18:35) Betting on -1 to 0 — Links: • Furqan’s ...
Nov 26, 2024•1 hr 31 min
Episode 652: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about 5 ways you can make millions off of TikTok. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (4:34) Idea 1: Creator Rewards Program (12:19) Idea 2: Botox Face Tape (16:57) Idea 3: Madison Reed dupe for TikTok (20:50) Idea 4: Self-help Journal (32:10) Idea 5: Candy Candles (34:42) Idea 6: 23andMe reboot — Links: • Goli - https://goli.com/ • The Natural Faces - http://thenaturalfaces.com/ • Madison Reed - https://www....
Nov 21, 2024•47 min
Episode 651: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the Polymarket whale who made millions off the election, Ozempic for sleep and why Martha Stewart would have been our Billy of the Week in 1999. — Show Notes: (0:00) The rise and fall of Martha Stewart (19:04) Ozempic for sleep (33:10) The guts and brains of Polymarket's whale (44:55) Betting vs gambling — Links: • Isaak.net - https://isaak.net/sleepless/ • Polymarket - https://polymarket.com/ ...
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Episode 650: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Leila Hormozi ( https://x.com/LeilaHormozi ) about being broke at 22 to making $1,200,000.month by 23. — Show Notes: (0:00) Broke, overweight, going no where (3:53) Wake up calls (11:25) The Dickens Method (13:29) Dating Alex Hormozi (18:49) Starting Gym Launch at 23 (20:39) Repeating $0 - $15M in 12 months (23:38) Life after selling gym launch (25:15) "Who you compete with is who you become" (34:...
Nov 15, 2024•47 min
